Quotes by Cokie Roberts

About Cokie Roberts:

Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Roberts is an American journalist and author. She is a contributing senior news analyst for National Public Radio as well as a regular roundtable analyst for the current This Week With George Stephanopoulos. Roberts also works as a political commentator for ABC News, serving as an on-air analyst for the network.
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When kids made a decision for themselves they have a vested interest in showing they were right. Lee wanted to prove to me that he had made the right choice so he worked hard and did well. If we'd forced him to go to college somewhere else all the in...

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I've known Al Gore since he was born. He has been the best little boy, he was a boring child, and he has never done anything wrong.

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Martha Washington. I think she's done herself a disservice in history with a little cap, you know? She looks like a namby-pamby little grandmotherly type, but she turned out to be a very strong woman.

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I think it's a good thing to have a lot of voices in the media, and I think, you know, let all flowers bloom.

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Times do keep changing - thank God.

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As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school.

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I mean it's - it is hard to find a voice on talk radio that is not a conservative voice.

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The truth is, the notion that gay marriage is harmful to marriage, is sort of mind-boggling, because these are people trying to get married. But it seems to me, if you want to defend marriage against something, defend it against divorce.

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But, the truth is and we can argue about whether this is right or not as long as we want to, but the fact is that women really do spend more time with their families. Until I can find a man who can tell me the dates of all of his nieces and nephews b...

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Our civic society is really all we have by way of nationhood.

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Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers.

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No matter what else they're doing, women are also always nurturing.

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Author Bio

  • NameCokie Roberts
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist
  • BornDecember 27, 1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist